CV - DR VANIO PAPADELLI
EDUCATION
2009 – 2013: Practice Based PhD in movement for actors: ‘Towards a practice of Attunement: An Incorporation of Elements from Song of the Goat Theatre and Contact Improvisation’ / Goldsmiths, University of London & Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Funded by the State Scholarship Foundation of Greece (IKY) and the A.G. Leventis Foundation.
2008: Diploma in Dance / Birkbeck University
2007: MA Performance Making (Distinction) / Goldsmiths, University of London
Funded by the State Scholarship Foundation of Greece (IKY)
2004: Diploma in Acting, Drama School of the Odeion Athinon / Athens, Greece
2003: BA in Theatre Studies (First) / National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2000 – 01: ERASMUS- SOCRATES FREEMOVER scholarship (IKY) for the Theatre Studies Department (Paris VIII - Vincennes- St Denis) and the Department of History of Arts (Universidad de Salamanca)
Other teaching qualifications
2022: Fellowship Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
2019: 200hours Yoga Teacher Training @Yoga on The Lane (Vinyasa flow yoga)
2018 Fellowship in Accessible Performance Practice (Rose Bruford College) Movement tutor and director with D/deaf or disabled young artists Ensemble 2018 Train: Training Programme, GRAEAE.
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE (selection)
CONCEPT & PERFORMER
2023: LAUGHING GAS site-specific solo performance installation / OXYTOCIN festival on childbirth (Middlesex University – upcoming) (concept, performer)
2009-14: THE AIR CHANGES THE COLOUR OF THINGS HERE… by Vanio Papadelli, dance-theatre solo / LONDON: LOST Theatre One Act Festival, LEWISHAM ART GALLERY, HACKNEY EMPIRE, SHUNT Vaults, Moving Moveable Feast, GO-LIVE / ZOUKAK Theatre, Sidewalks – BEIRUT (performer, maker)
2009-10: PHANTOM LIMB by Vanio Papadelli, dance-theatre duet with Androniki Marathaki / CREATIVE FORUM FOR INDEPENDENT ARTISTS– Alexandria, Egypt (performer, maker)
CO-DEVISED PERFORMANCES
2013-23: CANDID performance installation devised by Vanio Papadelli & Tania Batzoglou, LONDON: GREENHOUSE CAFE / TWOFOLD platform, BIRKBECK University / ImpFest / THE LION AND THE UNICORN THEATRE (GOlive-GOlab platform) / London Buddhist Arts Centre / ANTIPA Gallery / ATHENS: EILISSOS (concept, performer, co-deviser)
2014: CLINAMEN collaborative residency co-organised by Christina Klisiouni & Vanio Papadelli, PRESENT BODY Studio – Athens / Penpyn Farch & TRIPSPACE – UK (performer, co-organizer)
2013: STONE PAPER PARADISE, dance-theatre by Vanio Papadelli and Alex Crowe / CAMDEN PEOPLE’S THEATRE – London (performer, co-deviser)
2011: DISMEMBER TO REMEMBER by Nicole Dimitrakopoulou, Vanio Papadelli and Xristina Penna, site-specific interdisciplinary performance / Communi(cati)on of Crisis Symposium – Nafpaktos, Greece (performer, co-deviser)
2010: THE CRUCIBLE by Song of the Goat, 3-month laboratory and work-in-progress, Role: Mary Warren, Chorus / TEATR STUDIO - Warsaw, Poland / Teatr PIESN KOZLA – Wroclaw, Poland (performer)
PERFORMER / DANCER
2022: EXPANDED LANDSCAPES outdoors dance installation by Angela Woodhouse and Nathaniel Rackowe / SUMMER LIGHTS FESTIVAL (Canary Wharf) (dancer)
2016-17: CLOSE DISTANCE: dance film installation by Angela Woodhouse, Nic Sandiland and Caroline Broadhead / WOLLATON HALL, Nottingham (dancer)
2014-15: MY CITY MY REVOLUTION by Nesreen Nabil Hussein, interdisciplinary performance / RICH MIX, SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL – THE DITCH – London (performer, movement coach)
2014: THE PANEL by Jia Yu Corti, dance piece / CHELSEA THEATRE (Fresh Blood platform) – (performer)
2014: IN ATTENDANCE solo performance by Angela Woodhouse / Chelsea Arts Collective Platform, THE LION AND THE UNICORN THEATRE (GOlive-GOlab platform) – London (dancer)
2013: UNCOVERED by Xristina Penna and the aswespeakproject, multi-media one-to-one performance with Vanio Papadelli / BLUECOAT theatre, Poolside Emergency Festival 2013 – Liverpool, UK (performer)
2011: SONGS OF LEAR – AN ORATORIO by Song of the Goat, Role: Chorus / TEATR STUDIO - Warsaw, Poland / Teatr PIESN KOZLA - Wroclaw, Poland (performer-singer)
2009: SICK OF LOVE, A. Furse (dir), Athletes of the Heart laboratory, physical/puppet theatre project / ROSEMARY BRANCH, Suspense Festival – London (performer, deviser)
2008: SUM, O. Ozhabes (dir), devised physical theatre / ETCETERA Theatre – London, UK (performer)
2005-06: WAR GIFTS by Astragali Teatro, Euripides’s Trojan Women / ASTRAGALI TEATRO – Lecce, Italy CHOROROES theatre – Athens, Greece (performer)
2003: LIKE THE RAIN… by Art Dance theatre, A. Ignatiou (choreogr), dance theatre piece / A’ Contemporary Dance Platform, ATHENS CONCERT HALL / Athens Art Centre – Athens, Greece (performer)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – Lecturer
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2023 Guest Lecturer (3-week intensive) Interdisciplinary Exchange MA/MFA Choreography
2019 – present Module Leader/Lead lecturer Writing the Body MA/MFA Creative Practice
2019 – present Supervision in Self-Directed Study, Research Lab, Final Project MA/MFA Creative Practice
Rose Bruford College - BA European Theatre Arts
2011 – present Regular Movement Tutor Performance Preparation: Movement (L4 & L5)
2022-present Module Leader European Theatre Research: Alternative Dramaturgies (L6)
2013 – 2019 Supervision for Theatre Practitioners in the Twentieth Century BA ETA (L5)
2015, 16, 19 Supervision of practical and written essays and dissertations BA ETA (L4, L5, L6)
2016, 2019, 2020 Tutor Critical Perspectives: Postmodernism BA ETA (L4)
Rose Bruford College - MA courses
2021 – 2022 Module Coordinator Independent Research Project (IRP) MA/MFA Actor Performer Training
2014 – 2018 Convenor Research Methodologies unit MA Ensemble Theatre
Goldsmiths, University of London - BA (HONS) Drama and Theatre Arts
2016 - 2022 Associate Lecturer Processes of Performance: The Ensemble (L4)
2011, 2020 Associate Lecturer Processes of Performance: Encounters of Space (L4)
2009 - 2015 Associate Lecturer Body Space Spectator BA (HONS) DTA (L4)
Teaching in other HE Institutions
2015 - 2019 Visiting Tutor – Movement Theatre sessions BA Acting (L5) & Shakespeare Summer School, LAMDA
2015 - 2016 Visiting Tutor - 5 Contact Improvisation sessions BA Dance Performance, Middlesex University (L5)
2014 Visiting Tutor - 5 Physical theatre sessions BA Professional Acting, Drama Studio (L5)
PUBLICATIONS
2020: “Sensing and making sense of touch within movement pedagogies for theatre and performance”, in Malaika Sarco-Thomas (Ed.) Thinking Touch in Partnering and Contact Improvisation: Philosophy, Pedagogy, Practice, Cambridge Scholars, pp. 180-205. (book chapter)
2017: Alister Lownie, Nesreen Nabil Hussein, Vanio Papadelli, Solomon Lennox & Zerrin Yanikkaya, “Training and … Borders” Theatre, Dance and Performance Training 8(1), pp. 109-110.
2010: Chung, Ray & Papadelli, Vanio “A conversation with Ray Chung”. Interviewed by Vanio Papadelli. Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices, 2(2), pp.155-161.
CONFERENCES AND TALKS
2023: ‘Multimodal processes of writing for autobiographical performance’ (paper presentation) – online conference ‘Multimodality Arts Translation’ (23 May 2023)
2021: ‘The Touchy Issue of Instructional Touch in Theatre Training’ – online talk (Tiyatro Eğitiminde Hassas Bir Mesele:Dokunma: Kadir Has Üniversitesi / Faculty of Art and Design: Theatre Department)
2021: 'Sensing and making sense of touch within movement pedagogies for the theatre and performance' (paper presentation) - online conference ‘The Makings of the Actor: the Actor-Dancer’, 8-10 January 2021.
2021: 'Ripples, cliffs, spheres and strings: Applications of Laban’s effort phrasing' (paper presentation) - online conference ‘Rhythm in Acting and Performance International Conference’ 26-28 March 2021.
2016: ‘Experiential and actional touch: movement pedagogies for theatre and performance’ (paper presentation) - Dance Studies Conference, Thinking Touch: Artistic, Scientific and Philosophical Approaches, School of Performing Arts, University of Malta
2015: ‘Simonetta Alessandri’s Feldenkrais-based teaching and choreographic work’ (presentation) - Symposium (Re)storing Performance – The Feldenkrais Method and Creative Practice – Bath Spa University.